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July 2019
The Science of Woodturning: Form, Function, & Figure, a week long workshop at Marc Adams School of Woodworking
Note: this workshop is held at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indiana. Registration links will be provided here when available. The Science of Woodturning: Form, Function, & Figure Woodturning is an art, but it is also very much a science. The way a tree grows and the unique environment around it affect the wood, and thus affect how it machines. This class will cover ‘normal’ and figured woods, what the cells are actually doing, and how grain direction…
Find out more »Turning and Finishing Burls & Curls, a weekend workshop at Marc Adams School of Woodworking
Note: this workshop is held at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indiana. Registration links will be provided when available. Turning and Finishing Burls & Curls Turning figured wood comes with a host of challenges. This class will focus entirely on ‘abnormal’ wood and how those changes in the grain affect woodturning. Students will have access to a wide range of figured woods and will explore tool technique, grain orientation, sanding, and final finishing. Special attention will be paid…
Find out more »September 2019
remote demo – Minnesota Woodturner’s Association
I'll be doing a remote demo for the Minnesota Woodturner's Association on September 7th. Please contact Linda Ferber for more information on how to participate.
Find out more »Digital presentation – ATBQ Woodturner’s Guild
I'll be doing a digital presentation with the ATBQ woodturner's guild (Québec) on September 14th. Contact Steve Harvey for more information on how to participate.
Find out more »October 2019
Lecture and workshop on spalted wood for the Rochester Woodworking Society
I'll be doing a Friday night talk and Saturday all-day demo for the Rochester Woodworking Society in western NY October 18th and 19th, 2019. Click the link above for more details.
Find out more »February 2020
Art Exhibition (title forthcoming) at the O’Kane Gallery, Houston, TX
The reception for my gallery exhibition (Title forthcoming) will be the evening of February 6th, 2020, at the O'Kane Gallery in Houston, TX, part of the University of Houston Downtown complex.
Find out more »July 2020
Turning and Finishing Burls and Curls
The Turning and Finishing Burls and Curls workshop will run again at Marc Adam's this year. Register as soon as it opens, as it sold out first day last year!
Find out more »Turning and Coloring Spalted Wood workshop
I'll be teaching Turning and Coloring Spalted Wood, a week long workshop, at Marc Adams, July 20-24, 2020. This class will not cover live inoculation, but will instead focus on the science of turning spalted wood and then making and applying the extracted fungal pigments. Expect much color!
Find out more »Easy Wood Identification workshop
For the first time, I'll be running a weekend course on easy wood identification. Mostly we will use hand lenses to ID wood, but will have a few microscope tricks as well. Class will be mostly lecture and hands-on wood ID of temperate hardwoods, with a few softwoods and tropicals thrown in.
Find out more »August 2020
demo with South Coast Woodturning Club
I'll be doing a morning demo with the South Coast Woodturning Club in Coos Bay, Oregon, on August 8th, 2020. Contact Chris for information on how to participate.
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